The Advertiser has opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago. 25 years – June 25, 1999 ABOVE: Demonstrating their performing skills are three of the youngsters who took part in a music festival at Bowbridge …
What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1924, 1974 and 1999
The Advertiser has opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago. 25 years – June 25, 1999 ABOVE: Demonstrating their performing skills are three of the youngsters who took part in a music festival at Bowbridge …
What was making the news in the Newark Advertiser in 1924, 1974 and 1999
The Advertiser has opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago. 25 years – June 25, 1999 ABOVE: Demonstrating their performing skills are three of the youngsters who took part in a music festival at Bowbridge …
Everything you need to know about the Kent County Show 2024 in Detling, near Maidstone, including tickets, timings and transport
One of the biggest events in Kent’s summer calendar is back for another weekend of animals, agriculture and awesome activities. The Kent County Show returns to the Kent Event Centre in Detling to celebrate the county’s farming industry, fresh produce a…
From Sheppey to Glastonbury, Guns N’ Roses, Netflix, ESPN and Amazon Prime
A visual effects artist has gone from sketching in his bedroom while listening to Gun N’ Roses to going on tour with them across the globe. Dan Potter grew up in a working-class home in Alma Street, Sheerness, but has since set up his own company which…
Who is to blame for the litter left at Kent’s coastal towns such as Folkestone, Margate and Whitstable?
Think of a classic Kent seaside scene and what comes to mind? Sandcastles? Definitely. Ice creams? Oh yes. A slightly dodgy brown discolouration in the water? Possibly. Queues at fish and chip shops? You bet. But we can also add to that list – particul…
Kent vicar The Rev Michael Aikman, who led St Alphege Church in Whitstable, went missing 25 years ago and has never been found
The sudden disappearance of a vicar from a Kent seaside parish – leaving his wife and two little boys distraught – sent shockwaves through the community. The Rev Michael Aikman had only been in post at St Alphege Church in Whitstable for less than 18 m…
First Aldi store set for Folkestone on former Silver Spring site on Park Farm Industrial Estate
A new supermarket on the site of a former drinks factory will become a town’s first Aldi, bosses have confirmed. KentOnline revealed last week how reworked proposals to transform the 11-acre former Silver Spring Mineral Water Company in Folkestone were…
“Celebrating Hemant Soren’s bail is premature,” says BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): A day after the release of former Jharkhand chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo mocked JMM workers and leaders for celebrati…
Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco Giants legend, dies at 86
The San Francisco Giants recently lost one of the biggest legends in baseball history in Willie Mays. And on Friday evening, the franchise was unfortunately dealt some more tragic news, as they lost yet another icon. Orlando Cepeda, a man that was indu…